For Christians that Do Not Oppose the Death Penalty, would you PULL the Switch? If No, Why Not?

Question

Hazel - Any of them. Those that release the electricity, gas or the platform they are standing on for hanging.

Answer 1

Yes, if he/she had a fair trial, good legal representation, and was found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Would it be more of a deterrent if the accused was given the death penalty in the same manner in which his/her victim died? And why are we so worried about "cruel and unusual punishment" when a killer is executed? They sure weren't concerned about their victim(s)'s suffering.

Answer 2

Christ didn't come to condemn the world but to save it.
We should be focusing on sharing the Gospel...not worrying about to what extent a person accumulates sins.

We all deserve the death penalty according to God's Law.

Thank God we have the pardon from those sins by faith in Jesus Christ.

That said, the government was given the sword to mete out justice/consequence, and to maintain the peace. If a person is judged by the courts and sentenced to die, it does not change the fact that they had the ability to "choose" how to live up until that point.

If they are put to death because they are a threat to society, and even the lives of other prisoners, then it is with great mercy that they will have a plentiful gift of "time" while incarcerated, considering all the years of lengthy appeals processes, to "repent and accept responsibility" for their actions and possibly even gain a government pardon...but more importantly the possibility of a spiritual one. In this life there are consequences for our actions, just as there are in the next life and if a person dies as a result of their actions in this life, it is their time to go, and nothing can change that. I do not like death in any sense of the word, especially considering it is the result of our sins against God, but I am not against the death penalty for our actions, as death can result from many poor choices as long as death exists, and everyone must die once. We don't really get to choose how, but we can choose how to live.

The criminal on the cross accepted his punishment because it was justified, and he admitted his guilt. Christ forgave him while they were both dying on the cross, and told him that he would be in paradise with Christ that day.

He was not freed from his earthly penalty...but he was saved from the eternal penalty for all of his sins, and given eternal life in heaven for his faith.

Would I personally throw the switch? I suppose it depends on the circumstances, but the very idea is not any different than asking me if I would throw the first stone....and to that I would hope that I could reply no I will not, because I am not without sin.
And mercy is greater than wrath.

Answer 3

While I am not religious....Does it not say in the bible "an eye for an eye"....for all those that wish to take the bible as a factual bit of literature, you need to keep this in mind.

I am a former believer in the death penalty, but now veiw it as something that should no longer be practiced...as we have seen by many cases of people being proven innocent decades after their incarceration, sometimes the innocent do go to prison. I would hate to know years later that I may have supported someones death who was wrongly accused.

Answer 4

Yes I'd be willing to execute a condemned capital offender who I knew was guilty. I do recognize that there are problems in our criminal justice system and that they need to be rectified, but I do believe in the death penalty. I also believe that every person accused deserves a fair trial and adequate representation. But if guilt is adequately proven then, yes, I'll pull the switch, trip the lever, inject the needle or pull the trigger. Justice waits for no one.

Answer 5

I would not do that for a living just like I won't be a doctor, nurse, for fireman. It does not mean I really think everybody who visit the ER should die without treatment, it means I don't have the stomach for it. If a new law passed requiring a relative to pull the switch, I would do it if my family was put in that situation.

Answer 6

Easy choice. Like most good Christians I like to kill.
Wow no messy cover up or court appearances, no lawyers or cops, no repenting and crying in front of a judge, what's not to like!?! I wonder if you could pull the switch from home, sort of just hit a button on the keyboard? Wow, that would be cool if you could launch Nukes that way too!

Answer 7

Yes I would pull the switch or inject the stuff into his arm.

I'd even vote to support the "Each Murderer gets to choose his own method of Execution Act".

If anyone wants me to explain that, let me know.

Pastor Art

Answer 8

I am all for the death penalty and I'd be more than happy to be the person to "pull the plug" on any child molester or murderer if the evidence in their case made it quite clear they are guilty.

Answer 9

I would not make a good executioner. I would pity them, until
I knew their crime. The death penalty should only be a last resort.

Answer 10

I'd pay to pull it on a guy who rapes a fifteen year old, and then cuts off her arms; unfortunately, he was jailed a little while and paroled, at which time he killed another woman.